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'''Julian Peto''' is an [[United Kingdom|English]] [[statistician]] and cancer [[epidemiologist]]. He is [[Cancer Research UK]] Chair of Epidemiology at the [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]] and the [[Institute of Cancer Research]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/people/peto.julian |title=Julian Peto |publisher=www.lshtm.ac.uk |accessdate=2010-12-05 }}</ref> Before he took up his current post in 1983 he worked as a research scientist under Sir [[Richard Doll]] at the [[University of Oxford]]. |
'''Julian Peto''' is an [[United Kingdom|English]] [[statistician]] and cancer [[epidemiologist]]. He is [[Cancer Research UK]] Chair of Epidemiology at the [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]] and the [[Institute of Cancer Research]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/people/peto.julian |title=Julian Peto |publisher=www.lshtm.ac.uk |accessdate=2010-12-05 }}</ref> Before he took up his current post in 1983 he worked as a research scientist under Sir [[Richard Doll]] at the [[University of Oxford]]. |
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He was educated at Taunton's School and Balliol College, Oxford. |
He was educated at [[Taunton's School]] in Southampton and [[Balliol College, Oxford]]. |
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His brother [[Richard Peto]], with whom he has published work in [[mathematical statistics]] (see the [[logrank test]]), is also a distinguished epidemiologist. |
His brother [[Richard Peto]], with whom he has published work in [[mathematical statistics]] (see the [[logrank test]]), is also a distinguished epidemiologist. |
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| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
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| Fields | Medical Statistics, Epidemiology of Cancer. |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
Julian Peto is an English statistician and cancer epidemiologist. He is Cancer Research UK Chair of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Institute of Cancer Research.[1] Before he took up his current post in 1983 he worked as a research scientist under Sir Richard Doll at the University of Oxford.
He was educated at Taunton's School in Southampton and Balliol College, Oxford. His brother Richard Peto, with whom he has published work in mathematical statistics (see the logrank test), is also a distinguished epidemiologist.
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- ^ "Julian Peto". www.lshtm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
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